KyushuCalanthe
Just call me Tom
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2008
- Messages
- 8,281
- Reaction score
- 592
The bulk of the Prunus species and hybrids are just going out of flower now, but last weekend my girlfriend and I went to a local valley to see the cherries and ornamental peaches still in flower. Here they are. What a lovely time of year!
A large specimen of the famous Yoshino cherry, P. x yedoensis, backlit by the sun:
And a hillside of the wild growing mountain cherry, P. jamasakura. Here you can see that as the trees go out of flower, the new bronze foliage shows clearly:
Here is a scene in a small valley with a peaches, cherries, and mountain forests, both native and planted:
An ornamental peach, P. persica, a Yoshino cherry, and the hillside beyond:
Many of these peach varieties exist, but one of my favorites is this deep pink one. "It looks like candy!" - that's what my girlfriend always says:
A large specimen of the famous Yoshino cherry, P. x yedoensis, backlit by the sun:
And a hillside of the wild growing mountain cherry, P. jamasakura. Here you can see that as the trees go out of flower, the new bronze foliage shows clearly:
Here is a scene in a small valley with a peaches, cherries, and mountain forests, both native and planted:
An ornamental peach, P. persica, a Yoshino cherry, and the hillside beyond:
Many of these peach varieties exist, but one of my favorites is this deep pink one. "It looks like candy!" - that's what my girlfriend always says: